Steering Commitee
Giuseppe Vairo (chairman) - Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Marco Donato de Tullio - Politecnico di Bari
Alberto Salvadori - Università degli Studi di Brescia
Council Board
Alessio Gizzi - Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Emanuela Jacchetti - Politecnico di Milano
Alessandro Nitti (secretary) - Politecnico di Bari
Nicola Sancisi - Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Aims and scope
The GBMA group, founded by the late Professor Roberto Contro of the Politecnico di Milano, comprises researchers and scientists dedicated to the field of Biomechanics. GBMA seeks to encourage, promote, and advance research and dissemination activities related to the science of biomechanics. Additionally, it strives to foster cooperation and interaction with other associations and organizations, both within the biomechanics domain and in related interdisciplinary sectors, reflecting the inherently cross-disciplinary nature of the field.
Within the framework of AIMETA's initiatives, GBMA actively supports the transfer of knowledge from theoretical and applied Mechanics to clinical applications, biomedicine, and bioengineering, thereby bridging the gap between methodological research and practical applications.
Upcoming events
- GBMA minisymposia within AIMETA 2026 (Brescia, 7-10/09/2026)
- MS06 – Advances in Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
- MS09 – Computational Biomechanics (co-organized with GIMC)
- MS10 – Mechanics of Biological, Bio-Inspired and Biomedical Materials (co-organized with GMA)
Dissemination activities
- Joint Conference of the AIMETA Groups GIMC, GMA, GBMA, and the Greek Association of Computational Mechanics (GRACM): 1st HICOMP Conference (1st Hellenic-Italian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechanics of Materials) - Rodhes Island, Greece, 2025
- Joint Conference of the AIMETA Groups GIMC, GMA and GBMA, GIMC-GMA-GBMA 2023 (Reggio Calabria)
- Giovani alla Ricerca - GBMA, GIMC e GMA si incontrano on-line (June 2021)
- Sino-Italian Workshop on Biomechanics - BIOMECH 19 (Roma, July 2019)
- GBMA minisymposium "Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics" within AIMETA 2024 (Napoli)
- GBMA minisymposium "Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics" within AIMETA 2022 (Palermo)
- GBMA minisymposium "Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics" within AIMETA 2019 (Roma)
- Minisymposium "Biomeccanica teorica e applicata per problemi cardiovascolari" – AIMETA 2017 (Salerno)
- Minisymposium "Progressi in biomeccanica: dalla ricerca di base alle applicazioni" – AIMETA 2015 (Bologna)
- Special Issue of "Acta Mechanica Sinica" (Springer), volume 37, issue 2, 2021 - Biomechanics in “Sino‑Italian Joint”
- Special Issue of "Meccanica" (Springer), volume 52, issue 3, 2017 - Advances in biomechanics: from foundations to applications
GBMA Award for the best PhD Thesis in Theoretical and Applied Biomechanics
| Year | Thesis title | Author |
| 2026 (ex aequo) |
Mathematical models and numerical methods for neurodegenerative diseases |
Mattia Corti |
| 2026 (ex aequo) |
Synergistic combination of stem cell-based approach and automated controlled dynamic culture for advanced dental tissue engineering |
Beatrice Masante |
| 2025 |
Multiscale models based on statistical mechanics and physically-based machine learning for the thermo-hygro-mechanical behavior of spider-silk-like hierarchical materials |
Vincenzo Fazio |
| 2024 | Stabilization of lumbar metastasis: a biomechanical perspective for more effective surgical strategies |
Simone Borrelli |
2023 |
Multiscale modeling of vascular adaptation |
Anna Corti |
| 2022 (ex aequo) |
Modelling the failure mechanics of hard biological tissues: continuum damage-based approaches |
Pierfrancesco Gaziano |
| 2022 (ex aequo) |
The response of endothelial cells to angiogenic stimuli: experiments, modeling and simulations |
Mattia Serpelloni |
| 2021 (ex aequo) |
Multiscale chemo-mechanical modeling of dystrophic skeletal muscle biomechanics |
Marco Stefanati |
| 2021 (ex aequo) |
Development of a multiphysics solver for complex coupled problems involving thin shells: fluid-structure-electrophysiology interaction |
Alessandro Nitti |
| 2020 |
Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning for the Numerical Simulation of Cardiac Electro-mechanics |
Francesco Regazzoni |
| 2019 |
On the mechanical behavior of single-cell: from microstructural remodelling to macroscopic elasticity |
Stefania Palumbo |
